Mushoku Tensei Turning Point 3
Mushoku Tensei had its episode "Turning Point 3" today.
There are a lot of interesting things in it, but one notable thing to me is that contrasting to the first turning point, where he was caught up in the teleportation incident, or the second turning point, where Orsted killed him.
The third turning point is Rudeus choosing to go help his parents. The key difference is that he had the first two turning points thrust upon him (right through his chest in the second), whereas the third was his choice, and not only did he have the option not to go, many things indicated that he didn't need to go -- The Man God Hitogami told him not to go, and Elinalise said she'd go if he didn't. Yes, his little sister wanted him to go, but compared to a God, turning down a little girl really wouldn't be that big of a deal.
I don't think it's a coincidence that the three turning points have been at representative times in his life -- first at the onset of puberty, second at an age representing adulthood in the new world, and now once he's an established adult who owns a home, is married, and has a child incoming.
I also don't think it's an accident that the people he's going off to help are his parents. It's a representation of his coming into his own as an adult. He might never have been a child who needed his parents to protect him, but his parents nonetheless were capable enough to handle things on their own and didn't need their child to step in. Now he's an adult and he'll be contributing to helping his father and his mother.
There are a lot of interesting things in it, but one notable thing to me is that contrasting to the first turning point, where he was caught up in the teleportation incident, or the second turning point, where Orsted killed him.
The third turning point is Rudeus choosing to go help his parents. The key difference is that he had the first two turning points thrust upon him (right through his chest in the second), whereas the third was his choice, and not only did he have the option not to go, many things indicated that he didn't need to go -- The Man God Hitogami told him not to go, and Elinalise said she'd go if he didn't. Yes, his little sister wanted him to go, but compared to a God, turning down a little girl really wouldn't be that big of a deal.
I don't think it's a coincidence that the three turning points have been at representative times in his life -- first at the onset of puberty, second at an age representing adulthood in the new world, and now once he's an established adult who owns a home, is married, and has a child incoming.
I also don't think it's an accident that the people he's going off to help are his parents. It's a representation of his coming into his own as an adult. He might never have been a child who needed his parents to protect him, but his parents nonetheless were capable enough to handle things on their own and didn't need their child to step in. Now he's an adult and he'll be contributing to helping his father and his mother.
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